The combination of the word legislator with the word hate(r) to form a new word legishater. A legishater is a legislator who sponsors bills against the poor, people of color, women, and alternate sexual orientations. Usually the bills are mired with hate, greed or just plain stupidity.

The sponsors of the North Carolina One Man One Woman Constitutional Amendment are a bunch of Legishaters as the amendment is often touted as they are bunch of gay haters.